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Committee about withdrawal of essential services to cover this type of situation, although I think it was in the mind of the former Minister, and my own mind, that it was more directed to the individual family who might suffer enormous hardship from the withdrawal of electricity or water. There is an element of truth in that. An ordinary business concern cannot just withdraw an essential service because they are not suppliers of monopoly services, apart from AGL, and they are covered also in this reference.
Mr Stevenson may be aware that the Community Law Reform Committee recently held hearings on that aspect of withdrawal of essential services. I await with interest its report, which will be tabled in this Assembly in due course, which may well be proposing some form of amendment to legislation to ensure that the playing field, as he puts it, is rather more level.
Ms Follett: I ask that further questions be placed on the notice paper.
MR SPEAKER: We will suspend the sitting for sufficient time for the cameramen to leave the area.
Sitting suspended from 3.21 to 3.22 pm
Recycling of Motor Oil
MR CONNOLLY: In question time Mr Jensen asked me a question in relation to the use of recycled oil. I made some inquiries during the rest of question time. I wrote to Mr Jensen on 9 July in relation to this.
Mr Jensen: I do not think I have got it. I have not got it yet.
MR CONNOLLY: My ministerial correspondence is stamped, "Signed by Minister, 9 July". A copy was faxed to me today. I will pass it to Mr Jensen. In that letter I said:
The trial of recycled oil you refer to is continuing. At present testing is still in progress.
The point that it made that I did not refer to in question time was that the issue that is outstanding is the extent to which, by using recycled oil, we may have problems with warranties on engines of equipment being used by the ACT, of which Mr Jensen may well be aware. In the letter I said:
... I am confident that an agreement with the manufacturers regarding warranty will be reached soon.
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